Victor Oladipo will make his season debut for the Heat tonight, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel tweets. Oladipo’s court time will be limited to approximately 15 minutes, Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald tweets.
“This is more about just celebrating that he’s healthy,” coach Erik Spoelstra told the assembled media prior to the home game against the Rockets.
It was reported on Thursday that Oladipo would likely return to action tonight.
Oladipo, who has been rehabbing from quad tendon surgery, has only played four games with Miami since being acquired last March from the Rockets. He recently participated in three practices with the G League’s Sioux Falls Skyforce.
Oladipo, who will likely play backup at point guard behind Kyle Lowry, was signed to a one-year, veteran’s minimum deal last offseason and will re-enter the free agent market this summer. He’ll now get a chance to re-establish his value after a lengthy absence.
Oladipo played 33 games last season with Indiana, Houston and Miami, averaging 19.8 points on 41% shooting. His last healthy season was the 2017/18 campaign, when he averaged a career-high 23.1 points and 2.4 steals in 75 games (34.0 MPG). He also shot 47.7% from the floor and 37.1% from deep that season.
Welcome onboard.
Oladipo starts the season on March.
Lakers fans, Ken Nunn starts the season on April?
Posted for weeks about him coming back tonight. It’s been set in stone and Trade Rumors could have broken the news.
Stronger than ever. VO4.
If you want credit for the scoop so bad why are you posting anonymously?
Some ppl mane smdh can’t go 5 min without people hearing themselves talk.
Thanks for the tip Mrs. Oladipo.
Hope he does well and stay healthy. Can’t help to think guys without guaranteed contracts are coming back sooner than others….
I mean, guys with no insurance tend to go to the doctor less than those who do.
15 minutes… 11 points, 2ast, even 2 charges taken…. the NBA is in trouble
Come on, dude, it was HOU now, right?
Spo and his staff keep producing quality rotation players year after year, there’s not enough minutes to go by for everybody now …….. Vincent & Strus hardly played and both can be starters for more than a few NBA teams right now.
Still it’s a good problem to have now, in this load-management era and fast-paced, injury-prone game.
Congrats smooth singing Vic